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Costa Rican Dance Videos

Costa Rican Dance and BasketballVideos The following two videos are from a parade that occurred in Heredia, Costa Rica last Sunday, the day of my arrival in Costa Rica. I do not know why there was a parade, but I suspect that Costa Ricans just like dancing in the streets. The first video is of [...]

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The following two videos are from a parade that occurred in Heredia, Costa Rica last Sunday, the day of my arrival in Costa Rica. I do not know why there was a parade, but I suspect that Costa Ricans just like dancing in the streets.

The first video is of an odd game of Costa Rican basketball. I cannot figure it out, but thought it was funny enough to video.

The next film is of traditional Costa Rican dance and costumes, or so I am told. It is my impression that true tradition implies what is normal in a culture, that which walks by me in a parade is usually not normal, if it were then I do not think that anybody would watch. But I suppose there is a difference between living and archaic tradition. I thought that this dance was interesting none the less.

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For more photographs from Costa Rica go to: Traveler Photographs Costa Rica Photos

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Heredia, Costa Rica
January 23, 2008

Filed under: Central America, Costa Rica, Culture and Society, Dance

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I am the founder and editor of Vagabond Journey. I’ve been traveling the world since 1999, through 91 countries. I am the author of the book, Ghost Cities of China and have written for The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Diplomat, the South China Morning Post, and other publications. has written 3699 posts on Vagabond Journey. Contact the author.

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